司直|しちょくshichoku[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounjudge; judiciary; administration of justice; judicial authorities

• Synonym裁判官さいばんかんWrittenThe most common everyday term for a judge; it refers only to those who conduct trials, unlike 「司直」, which also broadly covers prosecutors.
• Synonym判事はんじWrittenA judge; also the official title for judges of lower courts, so more specific than 「裁判官」.
• Synonym法官ほうかんWrittenA judicial official; rare even in writing and old-fashioned, more archaic than 「裁判官」.
• Synonym司法官しほうかんFormalFormal and rare; a civil servant who performs judicial duties at a court.

In news writing, 「司直」 broadly covers the judicial and prosecutorial authorities, as in 「司直の手に委ねる」; for a judge as a person, use 「裁判官」 or 「判事」.

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1. 物事ものごとの善悪ぜんあくなどを裁定さいていする役職やくしょく。一般いっぱんに裁判官さいばんかんを指さす。
2. （第だい1義ぎより）（広義こうぎで）検察官けんさつかん。また、検察庁けんさつちょう。